LANSING -- More than two dozen Lansing area restaurants will showcase special three-course menus starting Sunday during the inaugural Capital Area Restaurant Week.

Capital Area Restaurant Week

Participating locations:

Beggar's Banquet, 218 Abbott Road, East Lansing

Bistro 43, 300 M.A.C. Ave., East Lansing

Bulgogi Korean Restaurant, 340 Albert Ave., East Lansing

Capitol City Grille, 111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing

Clara's Lansing Station, 637 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing

Copper Dine & Drink, 2875 E. Lake Lansing Road, Meridian Township

Dusty's Cellar, 1839 W. Grand River Ave., Meridian Township

EagleMonk Pub and Brewery, 4906 W. Mount Hope Highway, Delta Township

Edmund's Pastime, 101 S. Washington Square, Lansing

The English Inn, 677 S. Michigan Road, Eaton Rapids Township

Finley's American Grill, 6300 S. Cedar St., Lansing

Fork in the Road, 2010 W. Saginaw St., Lansing

Gilbert & Blake's, 3554 Okemos Road, Meridian Township

The Knight Cap, 320 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing

MBC, 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing

Meat, 1224 Turner St., Lansing's Old Town

P Squared Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington Square, Lansing

Piazzano's, 1825 N. Grand River Ave., Lansing

R-Club, 6409 Centurion Drive, Delta Township

Red Cedar Grill, 150 E. Grand River Ave., Williamston

Red Haven, 4480 S. Hagadorn Road, Meridian Township

The Soup Spoon Cafe, 1419 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing

The State Room Restaurant, 55 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing

Tannin, 5100 Marsh Road Suite C, Meridian Township

Tavern 109, 109 E. Grand River Ave., Williamston

Tavern on the Square, 206 S. Washington Square, Lansing

Troppo, 111 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing

Wrought Iron Grill, 317 Elm St., Owosso

Running through Thursday, 28 establishments from Delta Township to Owosso offer special three-course meals at discounted rates. It's an idea years in the making for organizer Angie Padgett.

"We've been talking about a restaurant week, and there had been one attempted unsuccessfully five or six years ago," she said. "We've seen (restaurant weeks) become very successful in other places and thought our community could really use one."

Padgett is the director of branded products at DeWitt Township-based Earthy Delights, which supplies restaurants with wild-harvested, traditional and artisanal foods. Many of the participants in the inaugural Capital Area Restaurant Week are customers of Earthy Delights.

Those who participate in restaurant week will pay either $25 per person or $25 per couple. Ten percent of all proceeds will be donated to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

"The goal is for people to try a new restaurant or go to place that they normally wouldn't to give business to the independent restaurateur, and to raise money for the food bank," Padgett said.

Participating restaurants range from classic American food to Asian cuisine, and plenty of others. See the list for all participating establishments.

Reservations aren't required but are recommended.

Use the hashtag #CARW2013 to partake and follow Capital Area Restaurant Week on Twitter.